INCREASING ENGAGEMENT IN DAILY ACTIVITIES BY OLDER ADULTS WITH DEMENTIA
- 1 March 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 32 (1), 107-110
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1999.32-107
Abstract
This study analyzed the effects of nursing assistants' use of prompts and praise to increase the engagement of older adults with dementia in daily living activities. The multiple baseline design across morning and afternoon work shifts showed consistent increases in engagement by each of the 5 residents during the intervention. These results suggest that increasing prompts and praise by nursing assistants may, in turn, increase the rate of engagement of older adults with dementia.Keywords
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